General Visa & Travel Information for IEEE Africon 2015

Except Kenya and Djibouti nationals, visas are required for all visitors to Ethiopia. IEEE Africon2015 participants are highly advised to consult with your local Ethiopian Embassy or Consulates and start visa application as early as possible and before your departure. Embassies/Consulates in some countries take several weeks to process applications.To facilitate the application, IEEE Africon2015 Conference can provide visa assistant letters to the following individuals:

Authors of regular papers and posters

Keynote speakers

Tutorial and panel speakers

Members of the IEEE Africon2015 organizing committee, and

IEEE Africon2015 attendees who have paid their registration in full

The letter will verify the intention is only to attend the Conference and local IEEE Africon2015 Office will coordinate with local authorities in Addis Ababa to speed-up theprocess. Visa assistance letters will only state the followings:

Conference title

Conference dates

Conference location

Whether you are an author, speaker, committee member, or attendee

A request for visa support letter is Available Here> (Please Click IEEE_Africon2015_Visa_Appl_Form). However, the Conference by no means guarantees visa delivery nor it has influence on an individual’s application to an Ethiopian Embassy or other agency for a visa to travel to Ethiopia. IEEE Africon2015 is also not responsible for the outcome of an individual’s visa application.

Africon 2015 Conference Air Travel Info

“Are you one of the participants or delegates of Africon 2015? Ethiopian Airlines (ET) provides an easy way for delegates to book flights.”

SAVE UP TO 10% ON AIR TRAVEL WITH THE ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) is pleased to be recognized as the official carrier for the IEEE AFRICON 2015, to be held from September 14 – 17, 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As part of the partnership entered with AAiT, AAU, the Ethiopian Airlines (ET) glad tooffer 10% discount on both Business and Economy class fares to all participants departing from any of the online cities to Addis Ababa. Delegates are invited to make travel arrangements to the event by contacting the Ethiopian Airlines (ET) local sales offices. To find out ET’s office in your nearest area, please email ET on conventions@ethiopianairlines.com; ahmeda@ethiopianairlines.com

Kindly take note of the following sales and travel restrictionsfor the event:

Delegates may purchase their flight ticket until Monday, September 14, 2015.

Delegates are expected/ allowed to travel to Addis Ababa from Thursday, September 03 up to September 17, 2015.

Delegates are allowed to return to their destination from Monday, September 14 up to September 28, 2015.

CAUTION: The Ethiopian Airlines has recently announced that while booking the flights of all passengers such as Delegates, Authors, Presenters, or Participants of Africon2015, ALL should have in advance a special support letter from the Africon2015 organizers especially before requesting flight bookings from the Ethiopian Airlines Ticket Offices in order to secure the 10% discount offered by ET.

Hotel Partners & Accommodation Info for IEEE Africon 2015

Participants note that the period during which the IEEE Africon 2015 Conference is held just the Ethiopian New Year season and accommodation can be scarce. We strongly recommend all participants to make their hotel reservations at their earliest convenience. The following four Hotels are the Official Hotel Partners of Africon 2015 which they do have from a luxury to an economy rooms available at a fair distance from the conference venue in Addis Ababa. Below is the list of four partner hotels of the Conference. Please book your room using the a Special Discount CODE which you can request via email by stating your category of participation (e.g. Author, Co-Author, Speaker, Workshop presenter, participant) so that we’ll send you a Special Discount CODE of Hotels after checking your registration status. Please request your CODE using this email: officemanager@africon2015.org